Walt Handelsman draws live during newscast
Walt Handelsman took the challenge to draw a finished editorial cartoon live during a recent 30 minute Eyewitness News newscast.
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Walt Handelsman Leaves Newsday for Louisiana
The New Orleans Advocate has announced that it has hired editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman away from Newsday. Here’s Walt talking about his decision to return to Louisiana, where he used to work for the Times-Picayune prior to moving to New York. ?A few years ago at a Tulane art fair, I purchased a brass skeleton […]
Times-Picayune editorial cartoonist Eldon Pletcher passes
From The Times-Picayune: Eldon Pletcher, The Times-Picayune’s editorial cartoonist from 1966 to 1984, died Sunday of emphysema and congestive heart failure at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif. He was 91. … A native of Goshen, Ind., Mr. Pletcher studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before joining the Army in 1943. He served […]
Louisiana teacher dismissed over anti-Obama cartoon
Robert Duncan, a Jr. High teacher, was dismissed earlier this month after six months of paid administrative leave after a parent took cell phone photos of two disturbing posters. One of the posters was a cartoon depicting Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and a caricature of Mitt Romney standing next to a poster stating “Obama Season” […]
Patrick O’Connor leaves the LA Weekly
Editorial cartoonist Patrick O’Connor has announced he’s leaving the LA Weekly. He’s been on their staff since January 2009 after he was laid off from the L.A. Daily News. According to his blog post, his next adventure is crating online animated shorts.
David Horsey joins L.A. Times as staff cartoonist
Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist David Horsey is heading to the L.A. Times. David, a two-time Pulitzer winner, has been working for Hearst newspapers since the Seattle Post-Intelligencer went under in 2009. The Seattle Times reports that David will join the Times’ political team providing both cartoons and commentary similar to what he’s produced for the […]
Disappointed art review for Tim Burton exhibit
The LA Times reviewed the traveling exhibit of The Art of Tim Burton that originated at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In all 700 or so artifacts from his original sketches and movie memorabilia are on display. The LA Times wasn’t that impressed Art museums often have a tough time with […]